My Milano Eh2

[Speedy]

A hope, a dream, a Ractive axle-back and an AEM cai:


Then I met Bill (EJ1Rider) and he steered me in the right direction:

new wheels(think slips and then keep going down) 4/05:




new suspension (Omni Sport coilovers) 7/05:


CF hood and lip 7/05:










11/05 Winter showed up, so the lip came off. In the process of putting on steelies, I snapped a wheel stud. My hatcie sat like this in my dad's dusty garage until Christmas break:



During the downtime, Bill sold his white coupe and gave me all of his spare D-series parts:







Some X-mas '06 goodies:









I got bored one day and dumped the omnis (1/06):







New DNX midpipe, Catco high-flow cat, DX exhaust manifold, OMNI LCA's, Blox Sway Bar (not pictured), and a Beaks gold Tie Bar (not pictured), JDM Trust Strut Bar 2/06:







I'm waiting for the sway-bar end links from a friend and the lack of tie bar is me just being plain lazy.

Here's how she sits as of now:





I'm open to all opinions and keep in my mind I'm only 16.

Mods to date:

Wheels/suspension/brakes:
-Nippon Racing F-2's w/ Cooper tires
-Brembo blank rotors in front
-AEM brake pads
-Brembo drums in back
-Bendix shoes
-Omni Power full coilovers (12kf/18kr)
-Beaks tie bar
-Gsr 14mm sway bar
-AC autotechnica rear strut bar
-Omni Power rear lower control arms
-JDM Trust front strut bar

Engine:
-AEM cai
-D16z6 throttle body
-D16z6 intake manifold
-D15b8
-D16z6 exhaust manifold
-Catco high flow cat
-DNX midpipe
-Ractive axle back

Exterior:
-CF hood
-Mugen style cf front lip

Interior:
-CDM Si-R gauge cluster (US Ex/Si cluster with Km/h)

[JdmRevelations]

clean look HATCH!... how dare you ... eheh JK!.. i used to drive a hatch so you will see the light... ahh a lil cub at the age of 16.. eheh

[JDMdxCoupe]

clean hatch..loving the suspension set up

[PandaCoupe]

Nice hatchie

[Mikey]

Lookin good so far, keep up the good work.

[red4]

i said it before and i'll say it again. i love the way this hatch has come together. i was i had started on my civic when i was 16. you're lucky to have caught the light of JDM at such a young age, lol.

keep up the good work man. :D

[Speedy]

Thanks for all of the good feedback:) . If anybody has any spare d-series parts or Eg compatible parts, I'm accepting all donations.:p

I scored this Friday night:

[EJ1Rider]

ahhh u learn well grasshopper...lol when i come home i shall teach you some more and i shall train you to be a great autocrosser/circuit racer

[Volume 8]

seriously, i didnt get a car 'til i was 18. and it's still nicer than the car i have now.haha, nice job though, keep up the good work and have fun with it.

[EJ1 Freak]

Very clean hatch! :D

[Speedy]

ahhh u learn well grasshopper...lol when i come home i shall teach you some more and i shall train you to be a great autocrosser/circuit racer


grasshopper? wtf? it's speedy.

[Mikey]

you're still a grasshopper

[Speedy]

Speedy.





On a side note, I need to get a subframe kit in order to put on my sway bar. Does anyone have experience with the ASR kit or the Beaks kit? It seems as though the ASR kit doubles as a tie bar, but I just bought a tie bar. I have a Beaks kit, but it's made to fit the ITR sway bar and doesn't work with my blox sway bar. Or does it work and I'm just plain retarded?

[EJ1Rider]

uh actually speedy.... the exhaust manifold is from the old motor in the white coop

[Speedy]

uh actually speedy.... the exhaust manifold is from the old motor in the white coop

I retract my previous statement. And I'm getting a Trust strut tower bar this weekend.

[ronjdm36]

i would recommend the ASR brace over the Beaks kit. especially for an ITR sway bar. btw, i'm loving your car.

[Speedy]

i would recommend the ASR brace over the Beaks kit. especially for an ITR sway bar. btw, i'm loving your car.

Thanks:) your coupe always catches my eye...was it your fiance's coupe that got into an accident recently? Sorry to hear that. Does the ASR kit double as a tie bar? It looks like it does and I just bought a tie bar...but I haven't gotten any responses from people that have an ASR kit. And the sway bar I have is a Blox 21mm that's supposed to be a stock Dc2 replacement. I have a beaks kit but the brackets for the blox bar don't match up to the Beaks kit. It's frustrating because i'm broke. On top of that, JHP advertised the Blox kit as complete. However, IT ISN'T. The first line in the dirctions states that is a stock replacement that is not complete and requires stock end links.:mad:

[PandaCoupe]

I do believe the ASR brace doubles as a tie bar.

I'm going to run the Beaks kit for a little while on my ITR sway, and then I am ditching the Beaks kit and tie bar for the ASR brace myself.

I Googled the Beaks kit a while ago while researching it, and ran across a thread on some website where someone had taken the Beaks kit and ASR kit, and put them through a "stress test" to compare the 2. His test results found that the Beaks kit actually spread pressure across a more wide and even of an area than the ASR brace.

I know there have been a few incidents of subframe tear out even with the Beaks kit that I have seen(or rather read about online), and so far I havent ran across any reports of tear outs with the ASR brace.

[Speedy]

Wel then I guess I'm gonna have a Beak's subframe kit and tie bar for sale soon...I'm gonna hold off on the sway bar and save up for the ASR kit. For now I'm gona run the tie bar. On a side note, has anyone seen the new commercials for the GTI? They smasha pImP TiGhTizzle CiViC with a massive wrecking ball and drop a large object on a TrIcKeD oUt Focus. VeeDub y0!:D

[Speedy]

I just picked up a Trust strut tower bar for $80:)

[Foos]

Good lookin hatchie. I like all your suspension goodies. Good job.

I will admit those commercials for the new GTi are funny even though they smash a civic, but at least it was a riced out civic.

[Speedy]

New pic:



I'll have some more with Bill later this week.

[Speedy]

I just picked up a rear strut tower bar and a gsr stock rear sway bar. Do you think its safe to use the gsr sway bar with a subframe kit?:TU: or :TD:

[Dina]

Wow I like the progress on this Hatchy I have to give it to ya! Props for keepin it clean and not ricing it out!

[red4]

I just picked up a rear strut tower bar and a gsr stock rear sway bar. Do you think its safe to use the gsr sway bar with a subframe kit?:TU: or :TD:

how big is the rear sway? i thought the GSR was only like 14 or 15mm. that should be fine. from what i've read you really only need a subframe kit past about 18-20mm.

i've got a stock Si rear sway bar (13mm) on my 97 Civic EX with no problems.

the issues with subframes comes when people are putting on 24-25mm rear sway bars. especially when some of the cars they are being put on came with no rear sway bar at all, lol.

[Speedy]

Thanks Red, I have a 21mm blox sway too, but I guess I'll stick with the stock gsr sway until i get a decent subframe kit like the ASR.

And JDM Ej1 Coupe, it wouldn't be close to where it is or anywhere as clean w/ out bill's help.

[Speedy]

I got my rear strut bar on, I was about to take pictures of it when i noticed a greasy mess around my front passenger axle, I guess I need a new one. It sucks because I get my license monday:TD: :TD: :TD: :hoppingmad:



AC autotech, it's pretty beefy and i only paid $40 for that plus a gsr rear sway bar. :TU: for Honduhh on ht.



I <3 -camber.:D

[2coupes]

suspension!!!!! :TU: ;)

[red4]

new tie bar looks good. sucks about the axle though. they are easy enough to replace though. i did both of mine a couple months or so after owning my car. pretty simple job.

[JdmRevelations]

i hate camber cause they hurt my tires.. but they also take turns better.. damn...

[Speedy]

My bday present from my dad:


Gutted the rear today (shitty pic):


I did a quick clean-up in the back, it was frigin disgusting back there. I'm gonna finish that tomorrow.

.d.u.m.p.e.d.:


^^^no front lip....my cell phone rests on the bumper^^^



New clutch tomorrow, exedy stage 1 and an ex/si trans. BTW, my clutch has 206,000+ miles on it.:eek:

[G-rat]

good pics.....thats alot of miles for a clutch....hope your motor does'nt have that much....or does it?

[Speedy]

good pics.....thats alot of miles for a clutch....hope your motor does'nt have that much....or does it?

Let's just say its a little 'broken in".

[JdmRevelations]

damn that shiet is low as hell... what crank is that from?.... and show sum pix of you doin ur clutch

[Speedy]

damn that shiet is low as hell... what crank is that from?.... and show sum pix of you doin ur clutch


The omnis are all the way down in the front, b16a crank, and i will definitely post pics.

[EJ1Rider]

i like that last pic....hmm what can it be, o0o ur parked the wrong way on the road... def JDM..hahah

and dam ur cars low speedy...u scrape at all? or cut up ur tires yet from the inside of wheel wells?

[Speedy]

i like that last pic....hmm what can it be, o0o ur parked the wrong way on the road... def JDM..hahah

and dam ur cars low speedy...u scrape at all? or cut up ur tires yet from the inside of wheel wells?

It's in the parking lot outside my dad's office, my exhaust scrapes and shoots sparks daily, and it only rubs during hard cornering. The rims with the little ass tires are actually smaller than steelies w/ tires.

[97EJ6mike]

Cleanest hatch yet. Gotta hang out sometime.

[Speedy]

It's not really important, but i was given a free headunit and i guess I'll take pics of the splicing and whatnot to install it tomorrow. Does this count as part of my build?

[Speedy]

I washed my hatch this morning and put my lip back on. I did the best I could with my dad's 3.2 mp cam, the screen is broken and its hard to see what your taking a picture of, on top of that photobucket lowers the quality even more...gimme some feedback:

[blckcivic96]

Love the under car Bling:rockon:

[Dina]

Not Bad speedy looks good I would most deff get a better camera though

[JdmRevelations]

are you resizing the pix?... cause photobucket resizes and doesnt "sharpen" them like you could on adobe photoshop.... you might want to try that and you get pretty close to the sharpness as it was on reg size... but not bad...

[G-rat]

very nice:TU: .........

[Speedy]

Not Bad speedy looks good I would most deff get a better camera though

I was at my dad's all weekend and he has a 3.2, i have the same cam at home but a 5.2....and thanks everyone for the good comments.

[EJ1Rider]

dammmm speedy, looks good

[Esprit09]

Hahaha you changed your name to speedy lol. Looks good btw, not as good as mine but getting there :)

[Speedy]

Hahaha you changed your name to speedy lol. Looks good btw, not as good as mine but getting there :)


Thanks dude, and I figured Speedy was a more appropriate name than Zil jdm. :jdm:

[Dina]

what did Zil jdm mean anyway?

[Speedy]

well my screename since fifth grade was zildude182, because I play drums and use Zildjian cymbals, i used to worship blink182 and i thought the word dude was cool :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: , i switched to the name D15 Eg for a year but no one could recognize that it was me because who the hell knows what D15 Eg is, so I switched to Zil jdm, and well that name is ghey. Ove the summer this kid Hans that had an itr ej8 started calling me Speedy because of my knock off wheels (speedy wheels) even though they aren't speedy wheels, the name stuck and I've been Speedy since then.

[Speedy]

It's been a week or two since I've posted any updates...I'm doin a single cam turbo set up during because I'm fed up with my f!cked up D15b8, bad timing/207,000 miles have gotten the best of it and it's slower then ever.. I've been trying to find a y7/b7/z6 on ht but i haven't found anything yet. But first things first, I need a new exhaust...bad. I'm thinkin an Apex'i gt spec or just get custom piping with an N1 muffler....I have no idea. If anyone has a sohc lyin around or an exhaust PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

[Paps]

looks good man :TU:.

[jdmkid]

:japanflag: looks really good man. lovin that susp. set up. i was thinking about the omin sports also but i wasn't sure how low they would go, cause i love being dumped. now i know so im goin omni sport. props on the build GJ!

[Speedy]

Thanks for the props guys. In a sudden strike of good luck, I found a complete jdm D15b swap for $350, I'm gonna snag that this weekend or sometime soon.:D

[mienboiracer209]

nice hatch...nice to see anotha young'n here, besides me?...i'm 17, and you've made a lot of progress in such a short amount of time...keep up the good work though... :TU:

[Speedy]

nice hatch...nice to see anotha young'n here, besides me?...i'm 17, and you've made a lot of progress in such a short amount of time...keep up the good work though... :TU:


Theres a couple more of us, and thanks for the good comment. Here's some pics:








No comment.

[2coupes]

i like that beaks bar on your hatch

[Speedy]

i like that beaks bar on your hatch


Gracious, look forward to a gsr swaybar under there next week.

[Speedy]

Compliments of Bill:

[Dina]

Speedy the hatchy is looking good!

[Speedy]

Speedy the hatchy is looking good!

Thanks! I can't wait to see the rebirth of your coupe!

[Dina]

Thanks Speedy! You are one of the few to see it up close before I make it mine!

[Speedy]

Thanks Speedy! You are one of the few to see it up close before I make it mine!

I'm honored...that was my first experience with a swap of any sort, Bill showed me the how-to with it.

[queso]

Hatch looks good. Are the coilovers all the way down?

[JdmRevelations]

jesus christ that thing has not front end clearance...

[Speedy]

Hatch looks good. Are the coilovers all the way down?


The fronts are, the rear has another 1 1/2 inches left.



jesus christ that thing has not front end clearance...


I still dont scrape, my omnis are stiff as f@ck!

[Speedy]

just some pics from tonight (excuse my suckness at photography):

ground clearance going into my driveway:




And the cars: My mom's '04 Accord, Ej6mike's 4 door Ej6, Bill
s Ej1 and my hatchie

[G-rat]

damn that thing barly clears

[Speedy]

Yesterday Bill and I swapped wheels for 2 hours and took pics, upon putting my wheels back on, i found nails in my two driver's side tires. So I'm on steelies for the time being. They're 13's, and yes I'm mad tuckin'.:ohsnap:

[2coupes]

did Bill put the nails in there or were they already there? got pics of the slips on Bill's coupe?

[Speedy]

did Bill put the nails in there or were they already there? got pics of the slips on Bill's coupe?


Bill took the pics yesterday, theres pics of me with the Ep3's and him with the slips, but he's frigin lazy and hasn't loaded them yet.:TD:

EDIT: I forgot to mention I bought a new motor Sunday, I bought a D15b7 for the crackhead price of $50. So sohc-t here I come!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:

[EJ1Rider]

dont u mean ur Nippons? not slips

u can def tell the difference, maybe ill post em 2morro..lol

[2coupes]

big difference haha

[blackejdm]

EEERRRRRRRR a hatch, **** it its a honda and your doing it wright

[Speedy]

I'm the token minority on JDMCC, and I find that it's easier to refer to my wheels as slips...If I call them slips, everyone knows what to expect in the pics. If I say Nippons (nips for short), who in the hell knows what they are? And by calling them slips I don't seem like a cheap ****er.;)

[2coupes]

nips haha actually made me laugh

[Speedy]

nips haha actually made me laugh


Don't laugh at my 15" black nips!

[2coupes]

maybe you should call them nipstreams

[Speedy]

I just started a new job:ohsnap: , soooo look forwards to new parts sooooooon.

[Speedy]

I'm pissed off right now, i feel emo. I don't even want to drive my car. I need two new wheel studs, which is preventing me from putting on my rims because i can't get the lugs off, I just spent 3 hours on a damn strut bar and it didn't even fit, I need a new axle, my exhaust is a piece of shit, a bolt flew off on the highway today and damn near missed hitting bills coupe, AHH. There's probably more but I can't rmember it. Oh yeah, i need new brakes, but the two screws that hold on the rotors are rusted in. :TD: :TD: :TD:


Edit: I have inspection before July 1, and I need to raise my car. i cant get to the suspension on the passenger front because the whels is stuck on.

Edit AGAIN: I have no money and will be selling a few items shortly

-1 set of stock Eg lca's with new strut bushings
-1 CDM Si/Si-R cluster in KMH, needs minor soldering work
-1 Beaks subframe kit for ITR sway bar
-2 D15b8 exhaust manifolds (great for backyard turbo setups)
-1 D15b7 exhaust manifold
-2 D15b8 intake manifolds
-1 D15b7 intake manifold
-1 Ractive axle-back
-1 DNX mid-pipe
-1 set (both sides) of 92-95 AEm brake pads for the cx
-miscelaneous interior pieces (black)
-1 ractive tachmeter (multi-color)
-1 real Trust (JDm Greddy) strut tower bar
-JDM B16a bare shortblock
-JDM B16a crank

There will be more, look forward to a great FS thread.

[2coupes]

i might be interested in that trust bar, but i'll see when i'm sobre

[Esprit09]

How much for the midpipe, cus i need one to get the twin loop put on.

[Speedy]

2Coupes:Just as a warning, the bar hit my hood and I couldn't close it

Esprit09: I have to see if Im getting a new exhaust first

[2coupes]

okay whatever, i'll wait for the FS thread

[JdmRevelations]

WTF it hit the hood?... u got an oem hood?...

[Speedy]

WTF it hit the hood?... u got an oem hood?...

Well its a cf hood, but Bill and I compared it to my stock hood and the framework on the bottoms are identical...ANYWAY. I had to raise my car an inch in the front because being that low cause both of my cv joints to break, my exhaust is flat on the bottom, I can't drive on the half the roads localy, and it's just plain impractical. I also just painted my gsr sway bar EBP and collected all the brackets and bolts to put it on, so that will be there by wednesday, and I'll have a Maganaflow oval style muffler too.

[JdmRevelations]

ok i didnt think it was an oem hood... even though the frame might look the same the CF hood might sit just a tad bit lower... err atleast low enough that its hitting ur bar...

[Speedy]

ok i didnt think it was an oem hood... even though the frame might look the same the CF hood might sit just a tad bit lower... err atleast low enough that its hitting ur bar...

I'm gonna try my stock hood saturday, I didn't have any time Friday night because we got everything back together at 11:20 and my provisional license has a midnight restriction...and I was at my dads 30 minutes from my house. When I do that, I'm gonna try to mount my gsr swaybar. I just painted it a nice shade of blue, almost EBP, it should look schweet.

[JdmRevelations]

post up pix of it when its done...

[Speedy]

The clearcoat on my hood has been fading, so today I decoded to do a double layer of wax on it WOW did make a difference:

before:





after:






My newly painted GSR swaybar:

Some components are original and some are from my blox swaybar kit

[CamoEj1]

Damn dog your 16 with a whip like that? I wish I was on it like you when I was younger LOL!:TU: Good build to.

[Foos]

Its amazing what a little wax can do to a car's finish. Hood and sway bar look good. Hurry and install that sway bar.

[Speedy]

Damn dog your 16 with a whip like that? I wish I was on it like you when I was younger LOL!:TU: Good build to.

I've had the car since I was 14, and I'm 17 now.




Its amazing what a little wax can do to a car's finish. Hood and sway bar look good. Hurry and install that sway bar.

Yeah that wax made a big frigin difference, I'm gonna install the sway bar tomorrow, I just need a bolt/washer/lock washer/nut combo to link the end links to the lca's.

EDIT: Bill got me this sticker from Honda today...it's from the new si coupes:

[97EJ6mike]

haha i want one . BTW, speedys exhaust sounds awsome, its hard to explain. Even tho its non Vtec, it gets this throaty engagment sound at around where it regularily would kick in, and it gets like twice as loud as before. its weird.

[Speedy]

haha i want one . BTW, speedys exhaust sounds awsome, its hard to explain. Even tho its non Vtec, it gets this throaty engagment sound at around where it regularily would kick in, and it gets like twice as loud as before. its weird.

Yeah i haven't quite figured that out yet, the motor only revs to 5k due to high mileage and bad timing, but at around 4 grand it gets real throaty and then really ****in loud, like DAMN! loud, its a catco high flow, dnx mid-pipe and a toucan axle back, shittiest combination EVER but it does it job...actually it doesn't fit right AT ALL but whatever, it'll get fixed.

[logikalfury]

yea, the non vtec motors done get that vtec kick in....we just finally get that horsepower kick in. =D

[JdmRevelations]

for a second i tought the sway was aftermarket... nice job

[CamoEj1]

Yeah i haven't quite figured that out yet, the motor only revs to 5k due to high mileage and bad timing, but at around 4 grand it gets real throaty and then really ****in loud, like DAMN! loud, its a catco high flow, dnx mid-pipe and a toucan axle back, shittiest combination EVER but it does it job...actually it doesn't fit right AT ALL but whatever, it'll get fixed.

Are you gonna get a motor swap?

[Speedy]

Are you gonna get a motor swap?


I have a D15b7, ex/si trans, and an exedy stage 1 clutch in my garage, then im gonna turbo that bitch.

[Speedy]

Bill and I switched rims 3 weeks ago for an hour and I received the pictures yesterday. I guess they look okay, I'm not sure if I like them or not.



:TU: or :TD: ???????

[2coupes]

they look alright, is that sticker on the outside of the glass? it's meant to be on the inside as a cling-on...don't want you to lose it

[Mr.MAN]

looks great, i like how it adds bulk, i would rock them most definetly, if ya dont like id trade you my c8s:lol:

[lthl inj]

Awesome build.

[Speedy]

they look alright, is that sticker on the outside of the glass? it's meant to be on the inside as a cling-on...don't want you to lose it

It was when I took the picture, I knod of just slapped it on for the picture, now it's on the inside.


looks great, i like how it adds bulk, i would rock them most definetly, if ya dont like id trade you my c8s:lol:

They belong to EJ1Rider, we switched for an hour. PM him if you want, they might be up for grabs soon.


Awesome build.

Thanks man.

[boosteddx]

:TU: looks fine to me...

[Speedy]

Thanks for the good feedback from everybody, when I had Bill's rims on, I rubbed inside the fender everywhere, that little piece of metal actually tore little streaks of rubber off his tires, but because they are narrower than my ims, i didnt rub them against the fender everywhere like i normaly do with my rims. However, none of this is relevant anymore because i raised my car 1' in the front and 1.5" in the rear. My cat's heat shield is worn away from scraping and my resonator is flat on the bottom and probably has a hole in it, ill take a pic for you all tomorrow. I used to bottom out when bill was following me and sparks would rain on his car. After a month, it was just impractical being slammed.

[JDMej8]

Looks great :TU:

[JdmRevelations]

looked aight... not the best lookin wheels in the honda class but ok...

[Speedy]

Soooo I'm thinking of going the h22 route... I'm making some decent money this summer and by winter I should have enough money for this: http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc2000search.cgi?what=page&item=30016 . $2199+300++450+350 for the complete changeover, a hasport mount kit, high horsepower hasport axles, and axles. Sounds pretty schweet to me.

[Mr.MAN]

i like them, i think bill might trade me them for my c8s.:TU:

[2coupes]

Soooo I'm thinking of going the h22 route... I'm making some decent money this summer and by winter I should have enough money for this: http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc2000search.cgi?what=page&item=30016 . $2199+300++450+350 for the complete changeover, a hasport mount kit, high horsepower hasport axles, and axles. Sounds pretty schweet to me.

Dave has a complete H22 swap with everything to go into a civic for sale, pm him...his screen name is "lthl inj"

[Speedy]

Dave has a complete H22 swap with everything to go into a civic for sale, pm him...his screen name is "lthl inj"


I saw that, but I don't anywhere near enough money right now, but I will have enoughby January and it will be a winter project. Anyways, I passed inspection yesterday, my car has no lip and it's jacked up around the stock ride height, but whatever, now I have 2 years of care free mods ahead of me.

[Speedy]

Pictures of the last few minutes in inspection mode, as requested:





Now it's back to being slammed, I was going to take more pictures but it got dark, sorry, maybe tomorrow after work.

[Esprit09]

Good luck on that inspection speedy, nj sucks for it.

[Speedy]

I passed wednesday, I was gonna lower it back down yesterday and put the lip on but I didn't feel like it, plus I needed a low profile jack. Today I stole Bill's low profile jack and worked away while he rode my bmx bike, skateboard, longboard and scooter in the street and looked like a foo.

[Esprit09]

Hahah bills a silly boy. But yes i need a low profile jack too. Cus i have a truck/suv one and it still doesnt fit under a stock ride height.

[Speedy]

Hahah bills a silly boy. But yes i need a low profile jack too. Cus i have a truck/suv one and it still doesnt fit under a stock ride height.


Stock ride height is truck/suv-ish ;)

[Esprit09]

Nah still doesnt fit lol.

[Speedy]

Hmm dumped pictures!:

Getting out of Bill's driveway:

[hondaholic]

lookin good, sooo low, I use to be that low till I crackedmy lip

[Speedy]

lookin good, sooo low, I use to be that low till I crackedmy lip


The convenience of the Mugen style lip is that you don't have to screw down the middle because it rests on the bumper. This allows it flex and not crack as easily.;)

[Speedy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnCdnN5cjgs

Entering Bill's driveway, lots of scraping....

[2coupes]

geez, that sucks

[Speedy]

It's not that bad, the sooner that piece of shit exhaust break the sooner I can force myself to buy a decent one.

[Mr.MAN]

loooooooooks goooooooooood

[Speedy]

Woohoo I got my exhaust fixed, my friend Jeff who owns HomeGrown Performance cut a 3" section out of my exhaust and moved all of my hangers to the correct locations so that the exhaust ran in the center of the tunnel, big ups to:

Before:


After:

[JdmRevelations]

looks a lot better

[Dina]

You go Speedy! Now does it still scrape on Billy's drive way lol

[G-rat]

nice...looks much better than before

[2coupes]

good fix Speedy

[boosteddx]

ever back up onto a parking curb?

[NtAcivG94]

damn thats quite the difference...looks much better now tho

[Speedy]

Thanks for the good feedback everybody!


ever back up onto a parking curb?

Actually one day I was just like "**** THIS MUFFLER!!!" and mashed it into a curb, there's some nice marks underneath it. :)

[Speedy]

Updates:

New SOHC


Z6 tb vs. b7/b8 tb


Is that pan tapped for turbo?


What's this?:

[JdmRevelations]

finally steping up to the plate i see... DOHC!

[Speedy]

Sooooooo there's a possibility that I'm getting a Gsr longblock soon:ohsnap:. One of my friends wants a jdm gsr or a type r for their teg and they're going to sell it, sooo that would be an awesome winter project. But I wanted to go sohc-t really bad, now I'm back to being undecided...

[Esprit09]

Turbo ftw speedy, just think.....bov.

[JdmRevelations]

FAWK A BOV... if thats all you want get a stupid noise maker thingamajig that goes on your exhaust tip... if the opt. is there to go DOHC and will be on a hookup... then i say.. GO DOHC!!!

[Speedy]

Turbo ftw speedy, just think.....bov.


You are in love with Hans' hatchback, too bad his Greddy turbo has an internal wastegate and you can't hear the pshhhhhhhhh of the turbo, but his BOV is ****ing sexy.

[civic_boost666]

Dohc!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Speedy]

Okay guys, after a lot of hard thinking, I'm going to do a hardcore NA built this winter.

Gsr head:
Skunk2 Stage 2 or 3, depending on the streetability of the stage 3's
Skunk2 Valvesprings
Skunk2 Retainers
JDM Itr Header
P'n'P

B16a block:
knifed crank
Crower rods
Pct pistons



I'm not too sure on the intake manifold or tb, but thats the basic outline. I'm open to suggestions.

[2coupes]

P.i.m.p!!!!

[Speedy]

I forgot to mention, I already have the block, it's completely bare, and I have a B16a crank. I've been planning this since January, but in April I lost my job, but now I'm working close to full time and I should have some good cash in a few months. I'm very interested in Ron's motor, it's exaclty what i was planning to do.

[red4]

can't wait to see how your build turns out man. best of luck with it this winter. :TU:

[Speedy]

Thanks man!!






















500th post beyoooooootch

[JdmRevelations]

congrats on 500 post.. eheh

[NtAcivG94]

wtf, how does Lu have almost 3300???!?!

[JdmRevelations]

POST MASTER BISHES!.. ehehe speedy what did you decide on with the motor?

[Speedy]

POST MASTER BISHES!.. ehehe speedy what did you decide on with the motor?



WHORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! B16 bottom/gsr top. Balanced bottom, high compression, high revs, all of my favorite things in the world.

[JdmRevelations]

nice setup.. and whore.. not even man..all legit post

[Speedy]

I lost 150+ posts when the site crashed way back when too, I thought I got banned or something...

[Speedy]

I figured out how this happened:


My stepsister has ghetto friends and apparently she "aggrivated" one them. She drives a '97 vsm hatchback, and they decided to chuck a brick at her car, unfortunately I was at my dad's house that night and she wasn't, so they saw my hatchback and chucked a brick at it. :TD: :TD: :TD: :TD: :TD:




EDIT: This was 2 months ago and I got my exhaust fixed.

[hondaholic]

Lovin the hatch:D m Kill the b*tch who threw a brick at ur car:hoppingmad:

[Speedy]

Lovin the hatch:D m Kill the b*tch who threw a brick at ur car:hoppingmad:


I swear to god the car that was driven to do it sounded exaclty like mine. At one point before this happened, I heard a car go by and I thought my car was being stolen. I ran outside shitting my pants only to see my car sitting there like normal. Later on I heard the same car idling, but I was too out of it to fully realize it. My dad and step mom said they both heard it, but looked outside and there was no movement so they shrugged it off and went back to bed. If there had been broken glass, they would've both been outside. I filed a police report, but there wasn't anything they could do without information.

[hondaholic]

oman that sucks, sounds like when My car was in the driveway and someone was trying to break into it, sounded exactly like mycar, thought it was getting stolen:surprised:

[Mr.MAN]

i would find that girl and whip a brick at her face man what a b@t@h!:hoppingmad:

[2coupes]

stupid girl

[CamoEj1]

I hate dumb brawdz, they think cause there cute they can get away with anything. U can get away with a cock in your face dumb brawd!

[JdmRevelations]

GO SHOOT THat B....!.... shiet go throw sparkplug at her front window!

[Speedy]

New pics HOORAY!!!:










I'm loving my exhaust now that it's fixed, it's centered perfectly in exhaust indent in the bumper, mmmmm perfection.






Expletive my camera for ruining that last pic, it cut off the bottom, note how the date is chopped.

[2coupes]

i like your exhaust

[NtAcivG94]

lookin good speedy...thats one clean hatch fo sho

[Mr.MAN]

i like ur hatch man a lot, ur like me i only take pics at my house i will hopefully do some pics down town soon tho

[SofaKingKilla]

i definately dig the hatch bro.... you got good taste in all things for the car.


oh yeah F the biatch throwin bricks and shite..... that shit pisses me off like whoa

[hondaholic]

yay new pics:D , lookin good, and I love the beaks kit

[Esprit09]

Lookin good, you just wish your came above your waist :)

[Speedy]

Lookin good, you just wish your came above your waist :)


It's like belly button ish height, it's a lot lower in person. The pictures make it seem high, but everyone that sees it thinks it's frigin low as hell.

[Esprit09]

It's like belly button ish height, it's a lot lower in person. The pictures make it seem high, but everyone that sees it thinks it's frigin gay as hell.
Yeah i bet. :)

[Speedy]

Yeah i like giving rimjobs for $3.50 too. :)



Let's start a club.

[red4]

i think this build thread needs new pics!

just gotta hassle the best hatch on the coupe board, lol. :TU:

[Speedy]

i think this build thread needs new pics!

just gotta hassle the best hatch on the coupe board, lol. :TU:


I purposely didn't do anything tonight, i was gonna go scout a good parking lot where I can park under a light and find a hot chick and...I mean take good pictures, but then a nasty storm blew in. It's been hot and dry for days, and because of the sudden rain, now there's fog and steam everywhere. Maybe tomorrow night.

[Speedy]

New pictures nuccas...

The start of the day, new wax beetches:







Meeting up with friends:



We went to a local meet, but it was not organized at all and everyone either scattered or went home, so we went and got some food, and took some more pics:

[Mr.MAN]

nice group of rides:TU:

[Volume 8]

Lookin' good, nice hatches.:TU:

[Speedy]

There was a primer ej1 turbo with a b2/z6 motor, but his turbo wouldn't spool and his oil cap fell off (?), so he went home.

[2coupes]

haha owned

nice shots speedy, i like those bronze slips and your stripped interior

[Dina]

I think I am gonna have to move to point pleasant

[Speedy]

I think I am gonna have to move to point pleasant


Please!!!


w/10

[Dina]

um apon checking the cost of living I would have to decline the move there its 45% more expensive there than the rest of the country.

Sorry speedy but I cant afford to move there and just plain survive

[hondaholic]

nice,lovin the pics

[JdmRevelations]

pix look good man

[Speedy]

um apon checking the cost of living I would have to decline the move there its 45% more expensive there than the rest of the country.

Sorry speedy but I cant afford to move there and just plain survive



I do all of my work at my dad's house in wall township, you should look into that. Point is considered a resort town, hence the really high prices for everything. Here's an example. A slice of pizza on the boardwalk is $3.75. Back away from the ocean into the west end of Point and into Bricktownship and pizza is a $1.25.

[EJ1Rider]

shady kid didnt invite me to the meet

and speedy, i got some harcore compound, glaze and wax from work if you want to do up your car be4 the lot meet 2nite

[red4]

new shots look good man. amazing what a nice wax will do for a car, even if it is a hatch, lol ;) :TU:

[Speedy]

shady kid didnt invite me to the meet

and speedy, i got some harcore compound, glaze and wax from work if you want to do up your car be4 the lot meet 2nite

I'm, shady? You didn't do what you said you were gonna do Friday afternoon, then you ditched us later to hang out with Eric. Saturday your phone was off all day, I called your house and no one answered. Sunday I called your cell and house, no one answered. Your entire family is shady.


new shots look good man. amazing what a nice wax will do for a car, even if it is a hatch, lol ;) :TU:

Admit it, you liike it.

[EJ1Rider]

uh no, i dropped him off cause he had to be home within the hr...and wasnt going to drive 20 mins, to chill for 10 then drive his ass home

plus my red coupe...the cluster doesnt light up and i cant see shit at nite

[Speedy]

uh no, i dropped him off cause he had to be home within the hr...and wasnt going to drive 20 mins, to chill for 10 then drive his ass home

plus my red coupe...the cluster doesnt light up and i cant see shit at nite


So when you agredd to go with us, you could've told us you weren't going, we thought you caught a light and pulled over and waited. Then we tried calling you, but god for bid you actually turned it on.

[markd16]

you got a great looking hatch man !!:TU:

[Speedy]

[Esprit09]

Looking dumped....as usual. And make sure you kid isnt in your shot next time.

[Speedy]

Looking dumped....as usual. And make sure you kid isnt in your shot next time.


if I ever...EVER...got a girl pregnan, I'd probably punch her in the stomach ASAP!

[Volume 8]

Your car's lookin' good man. I'm a sucker for milano red hondas, haha. A duckbill spoiler would add to it really well.

[hondaholic]

lookin good as always

[Speedy]

Soooooooooooo guys, in a sudden change of events, I'm swapping a y7 with an si trans in tomorrow. I'm getting up bright and early, pulling my stepsister's motor, pulling mine, converting the y7 to manual (swap torque conv. for fly), and drop it in my hatchie. And anything you want off of my stepsisters 97 vsm dx hatch, pm me with an offer, I'm trying to raise atleast $500 for her.

[Speedy]

Well today I pulled the y7 out of my stepsister's wrecked hatch. Tomorrow I am going to swap out the y7 inverted intake manifold for my z6 intake manifold, swap the fuel rails and wire injectors, swap the distributors, alternator, pull the tranny, put on a flywheel, exedy stage 1 clutch, bolt on my si trans and then maybe pull my b8. Tuesday I'm working all day and Wednesday I'm leaving for vacation. I'll be back Sunday, and then the real fun should begin.

[hondaholic]

damn, take mad pics:surprised:, hope all goes well.

[Speedy]

My long ass weekend resulted in:









The hoist:


D15b7 in the back, D16y7 in the front:


obd1 D15 dizzy going on:


z6 tb/intake mani/fuel rail going on:


All that's left to do now is rewire the injectors, swap the alternator, take off the auto trans, replace the tourque converter with a d15 flywheel, slap on the exedy clutch, ex/si trans, pull my motor and drop this one in. I'm going on vacation wednesday, so this is going to wait until next week. I'm so frigin excited.:honda: :lol:

[EJ1Rider]

u still didnt get the dash and rear panels out?

[red4]

gonna be kick ass man. can't wait to see everything back into the hatch. :TU:

[Speedy]

u still didnt get the dash and rear panels out?


The rear panels are out, the entire dashboard is shit because of the broken glass and airbags, and the cluster isn't really worth anything.

[JdmRevelations]

you need to get moving....

[Speedy]

you need to get moving....

Yeah i do, but I'm beat from tearing down that entire hatch over the weekend. I don't wanna touch anything until I'm back from vacation. But this is good timing because my throwing bearing is on its last stand, something is grinding in my tranny when it's in gear and my motor is about to blow the **** up. So goodbye b8, hello y7 and hello boost this winter.

[hondaholic]

ahh the throw out bearing..common d-series problem. Same thing on both my coupes:jdm:

[Speedy]

2 short clip of my last day with my sad D15b8:

2nd gear 35-65mph, sorry you can't hear from far away:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZedclLtI12I

3rd gear, 55-75mph:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBt-sctrhM

Sold my spare D15b8, it went from this:




To this, courtesy of the new owner:





The tranny is off the y7, flywheel goes on tomorrow, then clutch, then trans, then starter, then the teardown begins.

[NtAcivG94]

cleeean engine

[EJ1Rider]

you should paint the one going in ur car speedy!

[Speedy]

I am, it's only aluminum paint and wal*mart camo paint.

[Speedy]

Good and bad news, I'll start with the bad first. I woke up at 9:30 today with the intention of finishing my motor and swapping it by 5. At 10:15, I was in the process of putting the new throwout bearing in and I noticed that one of the clip tabs was broken off. So no swap for another week...BAHHHHH!


The good news, I scored jdm foglights w/ all hardware, wiring, and the switch for $40. Boo throwoutbearing, hoooray foglights.:TU: :TU: :TU: :TU:



EDIT: Today was my swap date, I bought new axles, oil, oil filter, and coolant. I was so upset when I saw the borken throwout bearing, a huge waste of a perfect swap day. ****.

[hondaholic]

aww dont worry buddy, when next week comes It'll just make u more pumped:) , fogs are pimp

[JdmRevelations]

damn you running to one thing after another.......

[Speedy]

damn you running to one thing after another.......


Well yeah. my main goal right now is the motor, but I couldn't really pass up the fogs.

[97EJ6mike]

hope you got that bearing, cause tommorow we puttin in that motor. Then you and i will be dead even. Same setup. Y7 motor, Stage one exedy clutch, and ex\si trans. But you dont have upgraded headers and a removed cat! :D lol jk.

[Speedy]

hope you got that bearing, cause tommorow we puttin in that motor. Then you and i will be dead even. Same setup. Y7 motor, Stage one exedy clutch, and ex\si trans. But you dont have upgraded headers and a removed cat! :D lol jk.


I'm working tomorrow, and Exedy is 3-daying me a brand new throwout bearing for free. I won't have a header, but I ditched the shitty y7 intake manifold and tb for a z6 manifold and tb, and I have a high flow cat, close enough. You also have a stock exhaust with a es oval, I have a cat back. And you have a fat ass loaded four door. We'll see what's up in a week.:lol:

[Speedy]

I got some new goodies, clear corners and real jdm foglights, WHOORAY!!!

[hondaholic]

nice, fogs are lookin good

[Esprit09]

Stop trying to copy me :). Lookin good you whore.

[NtAcivG94]

nice man the fogs are lookin great!

[JdmRevelations]

the fogs look nice...

[Speedy]

Thanks for the feedback, I just put the stock corners back on.

[Speedy]

[EJ1Rider]

you do the freakin swap yet?...or are you today?

if today...take pics!

[Speedy]

So today I pulled my motor and dropped in the y7. The y7 was an auto to manual conversion so I had to wait until my motor was out to finish it up, which is why the swap took so long. In fact, it's not even done yet. Anyway, I need to give a HUGE thanks to Ej6 Mikey, he was here for 10 hours helping me, big props to him! So here's the run down of my swap:

97 obd2a D16y7
-coverted to manual
-obd1 distributor, injectors, and alternator
-D16z6 intake manifold, throttle body, injectors, fuel rail and exhaust manifold
-exedy stage 1 clutch
-92-95 ex/si trans


I'm excited to actually have a car that can get out of it's own way. HORRAY!!!!

[JdmRevelations]

just do a mini me setup..

[97EJ6mike]

haha Im still sore. I sure hope all the wiring lines up right, lol, we had a few mystery hoses we werent sure about.

[Mr.MAN]

sounds good, hope its hooked up okaay, goodluck with it, and i agree with revaalation, do a mini me

[hondaholic]

wow, glad to see its done:D , pics pics pics

[97EJ6mike]

SCORE! After another long long day of gettin every kind of engine liquid that there is, on us, we got it. Not gonna steal speedys thunder and tell everything, but yea, It was a success, car runs for the most part, a few small kinks.

[Speedy]

Yes, it's in. I did the swap because I got the motor from my stepsister for cheap, and the the money went towards her 1 1/2 year. The only kink is I need a z6 iac valve because Bill had given me the z6 manifold I'm using a year ago and he threw out the valve on accident. it lopes between 1000 and 2000, but otherwise the motor runs great, no cel's...yet. :lol:



EDIT: I need a p06 or a p28 ecu, i have the p05 right now and it's runniong the motor lean and the rev limiter is 5800, please help me!!!

[JdmRevelations]

if you run a P28 you are going to throw a CEL. unless you run a Vtec head....or you can run a P75 from a obd1 LS ....

[97EJ6mike]

yea, NO CEL's!?, lol we couldnt beleive it actually started when we cranked it, and then to top it off, NO CELS?? lol we good at this stuff.

[Speedy]

if you run a P28 you are going to throw a CEL. unless you run a Vtec head....or you can run a P75 from a obd1 LS ....



Oh snap! Bill's bro has one lying around, good call!

[97EJ6mike]

Dont forget speedy, we gotta thank our good friend Jeff, the original honda kid, lol. Way back when ppl like me and speedy were in grade school, a friend of bills, jeff, had a turbo civic, as ffar as i know, the first of its kind around this area, back in the late 90s. He custom fitted a turbo from an audi, mind you this was before most or even any bolt on civic-turbo kits were manufactured. The kid's a wiz with hondas. Given we did 90% of the work, if it werent for him, we might not have been up and running as fast, so, much kudos to jeff too !

also a shoutout to turbo mike ( ej1 turbo) for sitting doing nothing, while watching us, slurpinng down his wawa soda.

[Mr.MAN]

so speedy are you boostin it?

[Speedy]

so speedy are you boostin it?


Yes, sometime between now and february this thing will be boosted.

[Speedy]

Dont forget speedy, we gotta thank our good friend Jeff, the original honda kid, lol. Way back when ppl like me and speedy were in grade school, a friend of bills, jeff, had a turbo civic, as ffar as i know, the first of its kind around this area, back in the late 90s. He custom fitted a turbo from an audi, mind you this was before most or even any bolt on civic-turbo kits were manufactured. The kid's a wiz with hondas. Given we did 90% of the work, if it werent for him, we might not have been up and running as fast, so, much kudos to jeff too !

also a shoutout to turbo mike ( ej1 turbo) for sitting doing nothing, while watching us, slurpinng down his wawa soda.



Things Jeff did:
1. noticed mikey left off several hoses and ran a coolant line into the intake manifold
2. fixed my master cylinder
3. hooked up the tranny ground i forgot
4. and the biggest thing, i don't have the right iac, so jeff toyed with the tps for 20 minutes trying to get the idle to lope less, which he did, and now the car is great. he advanced the tps to counter the lack of iac, so the car jumps when i touch the gas, but it runs, and its quick.




actually it kind of feels like its boosted, iot has no bottom end, but once i hit 3 grand the motor pulls hard until 5800 when the p05 redlines. I think it's a freak motor. I actually spun first and half of second today. And mike was on his way to a party and din't want to get dirty, he kind of juststopped by to hang out, not to mention he got there as we were starting it.

[Speedy]

So here's the deal, my iac valve is chillin in Bill's silver coupe, which is 1 mile fomr my house. Unfortunately, he's in West Virginia at college. His grandma has the keys, so I have to use my skills with the ladies to get the keys. As for the ecu, it's chillin on the side of Bill's house in "the tent", most things go in "the tent" and don't come out....but it's in there, obd1 p75.

[hondaholic]

woo sounds good;) , be nice n work on getting that iac:lol:

[97EJ6mike]

Haha, about the hoses, lol, keep in mind this was the first time either of us have done a swap on our own ( for the 90% of it) , lol, so good thing jeff was there to help us out.
plus i swear all the hoses looked alike anyway, lol, some were cut, so i didnt know which went to where, lol. Kinda just went by instinct, and used both the old, and my own engine ( hood poped open outside the garage) to get an idea of what goes where.

[JdmRevelations]

thats the best way to do it.. do the swap on your own and then have someone that is experienced check out your work.... that way you know what you need to remind yourself on.... speedy if going from your old motor to this makes it feel "boosted" then you should jump to a b16 or gsr.. hehehe.. then you'd be..... "its got like a million shot of NOS!"... ehehe JK good luck with the boost project

[EJ1Rider]

speedy, after i get outta class in about an hr, i will call my house and tell them to get the iac outta my EJ1, and ill tell them to ask my bro about his ecu he has in "the tent"...lol

[Speedy]

speedy, after i get outta class in about an hr, i will call my house and tell them to get the iac outta my EJ1, and ill tell them to ask my bro about his ecu he has in "the tent"...lol



Awesome, thanks. Bwahaha, the tent of no return...

[97EJ6mike]

speedy, after i get outta class in about an hr, i will call my house and tell them to get the iac outta my EJ1, and ill tell them to ask my bro about his ecu he has in "the tent"...lol

LOL that tent gave me 2 blue race seats, and a type R grill.

[Speedy]

Well the iac is mia, probably got thrown out or something at Bill's house. But his brother gave me the hookup on this:





And the fogs:

with flash


without



I'll have some pics of the swap tomorrow, it's not the cleanest swap, but Mikey and I did it ourselves, and it was a big first for the both of us. But it runs with no cel's. The iac is mia at Bill's, so if anyone has a z6/p28 iac, HOOK ME UP y0!!! Also, the ls ecu made the idle not lope, but it sat at 3500, not cool. Also, the ls ecu threw a cel, but I didn't check it, I swapped the p05 back in real quick because of the idle. Oh well, stay tuned for more!

[JdmRevelations]

get that iac then plug the p75 and you will like it...

[Speedy]

And the bastard iacv:

[hondaholic]

swap looks good, nottoo bad. z6 exhaust mani?

[Esprit09]

Simple green is your friend speedy.

[Speedy]

swap looks good, nottoo bad. z6 exhaust mani?

Yeah, thr primary runners are small, but the secondaries are bigger than dc sports secondaries.


Simple green is your friend speedy.

I had planned on cleaning and wwaxing the bay while the motor was out, but I had to work the next day. Power washing or simple green is next.

[Speedy]

Since there's about ten complaints of my car being too noisy in the passed week, I went out and bought a stock muffler. My neighbors and parents are very thankful.:TU:

[hondaholic]

nice, oem is always good :)